Why conservatives should rejoice at the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in favour of Obamacare

The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court that Barack Obama's healthcare reforms are constitutional after all, albeit only after being redefined as a tax, is being presented as a victory for the President and disaster for the Republican Party.

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Party leader in the House of Representatives, has even crowed that the ruling means that Ted Kennedy can rest in peace in heaven now that the healthcare reforms nobody read have now been backed by the highest court in the land.

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Victory? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Barack Obama's healthcare reforms are constitutional

Conservatives are attacking Chief Justice John Roberts, a George W Bush appointee, for siding with the left-wing judges on the court. Roberts had been expected to vote with the conservatives on the court but seems to have switched his vote late in the day. This has led to conspiracy theories being spread already.

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Some are even wondering what dirt Obama and his thuggish Chicagoland cronies have on Roberts. What have they threatened to reveal in the media about him if he voted the wrong way today?

Conservatives should not, however, be despondent.

Consequence: Mitt Romney's campaign has reportedly raised more than $4million online since the ruling

The ruling will galvanise the conservative base. Tea Party activists will be better funded than ever before by right-wing businessmen who worry that Obama is trying to turn the United States in a high tax, enterprise stifling, social democratic nation such as France or Germany.

Better still - in deciding that Obamacare can only be deemed lawful if it is viewed expressly as a tax - Obama is now able to be shown to have lied when he said that it was not a tax. He has also brought in the largest ever tax increase in world history - just at a time when the US economy can least afford it.

Conservatives should rejoice at the ruling of the US Supreme Court. If they can persuade enough skeptical independents to vote for Mitt Romney in November then he and a conservative-led Congress can overturn Obama's introduction of socialised healthcare and America can return to providing the best healthcare in the world.